@elliottbnewcombjr , LOL , the two best days of owning a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. The Rogues came with their shipping cartons and I could have opted for the required repairs which would have been a few hundred plus shipping. Spending the $3K brought them up to spec as new and with the Dark upgrades and a full compliment of new tubes. I WANTED a pair of high wattage tube monos and like I said, I spent $3K and they look new and play as new and they currently retail for $9K so I’m OK with that. Down the road when I get my TT up and running maybe I can hit you up for some info. Cheers , Mike B.
Do you have any gear that was outright given to you?
I was fortunate enough to have been gifted a McIntosh PS112 subwoofer. They are quite old now, but it continues to perform. It needed some repairs when it was given to me- a total of not quite $300 put it back into good working order.
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When my gear was stolen, my turntable went as well. But CDs had just come out. As soon as I got to England I visited Quad and asked Peter Walker what he thought of the new medium. He replied that they are fantastic (remember he was oriented to classical music). So after visiting my dad, I returned via Singapore and bought a Philips CD player and every classical CD I could find. It took 40 years and this forum to re-ignite my interest in vinyl! His real gift was leaving copies of the Gramophone lying around. Better than doing homework |
@elliottbnewcombjr That's quite the inventory! Lucky boy! If we're going to include inheritance then my list improves quite a bit: B&W Matrix 800s (with original shipping crates) Jadis Defy7 Jadis JP80 MC Mark Levinson ML-335 VPI TNT-4 w/ SMEV Sota Saphire Accuphase DP-90 DC-91 Nakamichi 700 & 1000 Power conditioning and more cables than you can shake a stick at 2700 LPs... So yeah. I think I'm set! Happy listening.
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Of course Inheritances are Gifts. As I said, I know I have been a Lucky Dog. I always say, when choosing something, part of it is liking it every time you see it, even if it's off. When it's a gift/inheritance/found/restored/absolute steal, I recall that every time, and I think of the people involved. |
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